Pēteris Vasks

In 2013, P?teris Vasks set Mother Teresa's peace prayer "The fruit of silence is prayer' for the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. The piece is for mixed choir however the versions for piano quintet...

In 2013, P?teris Vasks set Mother Teresa's peace prayer "The fruit of silence is prayer' for the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. The piece is for mixed choir however the versions for piano quintet...

Con su Musica serena, Pēteris Vasks rinde homenaje a su viejo amigo y director de orquesta finlandés Juha Kangas con motivo de su 70 cumpleaños. Desde principios de la década de 1990, Kangas ha dirigi...

P?teris Vasks' Summer Dances (Vasaras dejas or Summer Dances) for two violins consists of seven easy dances of different character. The short pieces are lively throughout and ideal for music lessons a...

P?teris Vasks' Summer Dances (Vasaras dejas or Summer Dances) for two violins consists of seven easy dances of different character. The short pieces are lively throughout and ideal for music lessons a...

In my adaptation of a work originally composed in 2002 for eight-voice choir, violin and violoncello, I was particularly interested in recreating the tonal spectrum of the three extended vocalises (su...

This work of ca. 12 minutes' duration was composed at the suggestion of the cellist Sol Gabetta in remembrance of the great mystic St. Teresa of Avila. Premiered in 2014, it will surely find its way i...

'Christmas - Peace on Earth' is the leading motive of the String Quartet, a tenet of faith as well as an expression of hope. In the first part of the work Vasks uses themes from a well-known Christmas...

'Christmas - Peace on Earth' is the leading motive of the String Quartet, a tenet of faith as well as an expression of hope. In the first part of the work Vasks uses themes from a well-known Christmas...

The Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, who is known for his atmospheric pieces for string orchestra, 'Cantabile', 'Musica dolorosa' and 'Voices', is concentrating increasingly on chamber music: his lates...

The Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, who is known for his atmospheric pieces for string orchestra, 'Cantabile', 'Musica dolorosa' and 'Voices', is concentrating increasingly on chamber music: his lates...

String Quartet No. 5 consists of two contrasting movements. The first movement, being present, immediately leads to an atmosphere of high emotional tension. The prevailing atmospheric elements of the...

This is the first of two works by the successful Latvian composer for this instrumentation. It was written in 1977 and shows his early compositional style: while freely notated in the beginning, impro...

Peteris Vasks supports the solo part with a string orchestra accompaniment, employing a warm, sonorous tone that is particularly effective during the slow movements. The two central movements pose exc...

This little suite is particularly suitable as a first introduction to contemporary music. The outer movements seem to pursue a melismatic dialogue, the middle pieces cover a variety of moods.